16. Explain the difference between landscape mosaics and patches.
17. What is an edge? Give an example of one and an example of what causes them.
18. What is edge effect? Give an example of a species that can be found here?
19. The blending of two different ecosystems is:
a) patches
b) ecotone
c) edge
d) succession
20. Corridors are usually created by:
a) natural disasters
b) animals
c) insects
d) humans
21. Which of the following is not shade tolerant?
a) sugar maple
b) beech
c) aspen
d) hickory
22. Which of the following is shade tolerant?
a) oak
b) cherry
c) birch
d) aspen
23. True of False: If the following statement is false, make it correct.
Lake succession typically occurs in deep water lakes.
24. Put the following events that occur during lake succession in chronological order:
_ Organic matter continues to build up and more species begin crowding the lake edge.
_ Lake turns into a marsh, swamp, or bog.
_ Surface vegetation begins growing around the shore
_ Oxygen levels drop and fish species decrease.
_ Surface vegetation dies and falls into the water with other organic matter
25. Which is not a characteristic of a marsh?
a) frequent flooding
b) dominant species are grasses, reeds, and shrubs
c) shallower than a swamp
d) fresh, salt, or brackish water
26. Which wetland typically has large amounts of woody vegetation?
a) swamp
b) marsh
c) bog
d) none of the above
27. Which wetland fills mainly with precipitation?
a) swamp
b) marsh
c) bog
d) none of the above
28. Which wetland is characterized by low decomposition and accumulation of peat?
a) swamp
b) marsh
c) bog
d) none of the above
29. What do you have when trees and grasses overlap?
a) blending
b) edge
c) landscape mosaic
d) ecotone
30. Why does more biodiversity occur around the edges of an environment?
a) animal communities
b) plant communities
c) human interferences
d) harsh weather conditions
31. What are strips of vegetation that connect one patch with another?
a) bog
b) ecotone
c) corridors
d) edge
17. What is an edge? Give an example of one and an example of what causes them.
18. What is edge effect? Give an example of a species that can be found here?
19. The blending of two different ecosystems is:
a) patches
b) ecotone
c) edge
d) succession
20. Corridors are usually created by:
a) natural disasters
b) animals
c) insects
d) humans
21. Which of the following is not shade tolerant?
a) sugar maple
b) beech
c) aspen
d) hickory
22. Which of the following is shade tolerant?
a) oak
b) cherry
c) birch
d) aspen
23. True of False: If the following statement is false, make it correct.
Lake succession typically occurs in deep water lakes.
24. Put the following events that occur during lake succession in chronological order:
_ Organic matter continues to build up and more species begin crowding the lake edge.
_ Lake turns into a marsh, swamp, or bog.
_ Surface vegetation begins growing around the shore
_ Oxygen levels drop and fish species decrease.
_ Surface vegetation dies and falls into the water with other organic matter
25. Which is not a characteristic of a marsh?
a) frequent flooding
b) dominant species are grasses, reeds, and shrubs
c) shallower than a swamp
d) fresh, salt, or brackish water
26. Which wetland typically has large amounts of woody vegetation?
a) swamp
b) marsh
c) bog
d) none of the above
27. Which wetland fills mainly with precipitation?
a) swamp
b) marsh
c) bog
d) none of the above
28. Which wetland is characterized by low decomposition and accumulation of peat?
a) swamp
b) marsh
c) bog
d) none of the above
29. What do you have when trees and grasses overlap?
a) blending
b) edge
c) landscape mosaic
d) ecotone
30. Why does more biodiversity occur around the edges of an environment?
a) animal communities
b) plant communities
c) human interferences
d) harsh weather conditions
31. What are strips of vegetation that connect one patch with another?
a) bog
b) ecotone
c) corridors
d) edge
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